WCW
Heavyweight
Champions
- Giant Baba--September
4, 1980 in Saga, Japan. He defeated Harley Race.
- Harley Race--September
9, 1980 in Ohtsu, Japan.
- Tommy Rich--April 27,
1981 in Augusta, Georgia.
- Harley Race [2]--May
1, 1981 in Gainesville, Georgia.
- Dusty Rhodes--June 21,
1981 in Atlanta, Georgia.
- Ric Flair--September
17, 1981 in Kansas City, Missouri.
- Midnight Rider--February
9, 1983 in Tampa, Florida. Midnight Rider was Dusty
Rhodes, but he returned the belt when the NWA president
asked him to identify himself.
- Harley Race [3]--June
10, 1983 in St. Louis, Missouri.
- Ric Flair [2]--November
24, 1983 in Greensboro, North Carolina.
- Harley Race [4]--March
21, 1984 in Wellington, New Zealand.
- Ric Flair [3]--March
23, 1984 in Kallang, Singapore.
- Kerry Von Erich--May
6, 1984 in Irving, Texas.
- Ric Flair [4]--May 24,
1984 in Yokosuka City, Japan.
- Dusty Rhodes [2]--July
25, 1985 in Greensboro, North Carolina.
- Ric Flair [5]--August
7, 1986 in St. Louis, Missouri.
- Ronnie Garvin--September
25, 1987 in Detroit, Michigan.
- Ric Flair [6]--November
26, 1987 in Chicago, Illinois.
- Ricky Steamboat--February
20, 1989 in Chicago, Illinois.
- Ric Flair [7]--May 7,
1989 in Nashville, Tennessee.
- Sting--July 7, 1990 in
Baltimore, Maryland.
- Ric Flair [8]--January
1, 1991
- Ric Flair [9]--July 1,
1991 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Flair became the
WCW Heavyweight Champion after WCW splits from NWA.
- TITLE VACANT--July 1,
1991. Ric Flair was fired from WCW.
- Lex Luger--July 14,
1991 in Baltimore, Maryland. He won a tournament by
defeating Barry Windham in the finals.
- Sting--February 29,
1992 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
- Big Van Vader--July
12, 1992 in Albany, Georgia.
- Ron Simmons--August 2,
1992 in Baltimore, Maryland.
- Big Van Vader [2]--December
30, 1992 in Baltimore, Maryland.
- Sting [2]--March 11,
1993 in London, England.
- Big Van Vader [3]--March
17, 1993 in Dublin, Ireland.
- Ric Flair [10]--December
27, 1993 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
- Ricky Steamboat--April
23, 1994. The match between Steamboat and Flair ended in
a double pin, so the title was declared vacant.
- Ric Flair [11]--April
24, 1994 in Atlanta, Georgia. On June 23, Flair unified
the Heavyweight Title with the International Title by
defeating Sting in Charleston, South Carolina.
- Hulk Hogan--July 17,
1994 in Orlando, Florida. Hogan's first match in WCW;
took place at Bash at the Beach.
- The Giant--October 29,
1994. Hogan lost the title with a disqualification, as
was the rules made by Jimmy Hart.
- TITLE VACANT--November
6, 1995. The ending to the last title match was dubious.
- Randy Savage--November
26, 1995 in Norfolk, Virginia. Savage won the 60 man
battle royal by eliminating The One Man Gang when the
referee thought that Hogan was already eliminated.
- Ric Flair [12]--December
27, 1995 in Nashville, Tennessee. The match took place at
Starrcade.
- Randy Savage [2]--January
22, 1996 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
- Ric Flair [13]--February
11, 1996 in St. Petersburg, Florida.
- The Giant [2]--April
22, 1996 in Albany, Georgia.
- "Hollywood" Hulk
Hogan [2]--August 10, 1996 in Sturgis, South Dakota.
The match took place at Hog Wild.
- Lex Luger [2]--August
4, 1997 in Auburn Hills, Michigan. The match took place
on Nitro.
- "Hollywood" Hulk
Hogan [3]--August 9, 1997 in Sturgis, South Dakota.
The match took place at Road Wild.
- Sting [3]--December
28, 1997 in Washington, DC. The match took place at
Starrcade with Bret Hart as the referee.
- TITLE VACANT--January
8, 1998 in Daytona Beach, Florida. This was due to
controversial endings at Starrcade and the next night's
Nitro in Baltimore, Maryland.
- Sting [4]--Febraury
22, 1998 in San Francisco, California. The match took
place at SuperBrawl VIII.
- Macho Man Randy Savage [3]--April
19, 1998 in Denver, Colorado. The match took place at
Spring Stampede.
- "Hollywood" Hulk
Hogan [4]--April 20, 1998 in Colorado Springs,
Colorado. The match took place on Nitro.
- Bill Goldberg--July 6,
1998 in Atlanta, Georgia. The match took place on Nitro
with Goldberg's record as 107-0.
- Kevin Nash--December
27, 1998 in Washington, DC. This was a No
Disqualification Match at Starrcade.
- "Hollywood" Hulk
Hogan [5]--January 4, 1999 in Atlanta, Georgia. Hogan
pushed Nash down with one finger and then pinned him. The
match took place at Nitro.
- Ric Flair [14]--March
14, 1999 in Louisville, Kentucky. The match was a First
Blood Cage Match at Uncensored. The cage had no door and
barbed wire at the top. Flair pinned Hogan in a Figure
Four Leg Lock.
- Diamond Dallas Page--April
11, 1999 in Tacoma, Washington. This was a Texas Tornado
Match at Spring Stampede against Ric Flair, Hollywood
Hogan and Sting with Macho Man as the referee.
- Sting [5]--April 26,
1999 in Fargo, North Dakota. The match was on Nitro.
- Diamond Dallas Page [2]--April
26, 1999 in Fargo, North Dakota. This was a Four-Man
Match on Nitro against Sting, Goldberg, and Kevin
Nash.
- Kevin Nash [2]--May 9,
1999 in St. Louis, Missouri. The match took place at
Slamboree.
- Macho Man [4]--July
11, 1999 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. The match was at
Bash at the Beach. The main event was Sting and Kevin
Nash vs. Macho Man and Sid--whoever pinned champion Nash
would win the title.
- "Hollywood" Hulk
Hogan [6]--July 12, 1999 in Jacksonville, Florida. The
match was on Nitro. A few weeks later he renamed himself
Hulk Hogan.
- Sting [6]--September
12, 1999 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The match was
at Fall Brawl.
- Goldberg--October 24,
1999 in Las Vegas, Nevada. At Halloween Havoc, Goldberg
defeated Sting, but the next night on Nitro, J J Dillan
declared the belt vacant because Goldberg wasn't
originally scheduled to fight Sting.
- TITLE VACANT--October
25, 1999 in Phoenix, Arizona.
- Bret Hart--November
21, 1999 in Toronto, Canada. Hart defeated Chris Benoit
in the finals of the Tag Team Tournament at Mayhem.
- TITLE VACANT--December
20, 1999 in Baltimore, Maryland. Hart vacated the title
due to the finish at the match at Starrcade.
- Bret Hart [2]--December
20, 1999 in Baltimore, Maryland. Hart won the title by
defeating Goldberg. Hart then joined the new nWo with
Scott Hall, Kevin Nash and Jeff Jarrett.
- TITLE VACANT--January
16, 2000 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Due to Bret Hart receiving
a concussion from Nitro, he could not wrestle and his
belt was taken away.
- Chris Benoit--January
16, 2000 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Benoit faced Sid Vicious at
Souled Out for the title with referee Arn Anderson.
- TITLE VACANT--January
17, 2000 in Columbus, Ohio. Referee from last night's
match Arn Anderson said he made a bad call with Sid's leg
being under the rope. He took the title away from Benoit.
- Sid Vicious--January
24, 2000 in Los Angeles, California. Vicious defeated
Kevin Nash on Nitro.
- Kevin Nash [3]--January
26, 2000 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Commissioner Kevin Nash
said that Sid Vicious pinned the wrong man on Nitro, so
Nash took the belt on Thunder.
- Sid Vicious [2]--January
26, 2000 in Las Vegas Nevada. The match was a Caged Heat
match between Vicious, Kevin Nash and Ron Harris on
Thunder.
- TITLE VACANT--April
10, 2000 in Denver, Colorado. The title was vacated on
Nitro.
- Jeff Jarrett--April
16, 2000 in Chicago, Illinois. He defeated Diamond Dallas
Page at Spring Stampede.
- Diamond Dallas Page [3]--April
24, 2000 in Rochester, New York. He defeated Jeff Jarrett
in a cage match on Nitro.
- David Arquette--April
26, 2000 in Syracuse, New York. He teamed with champ
Diamond Dallas Page against Eric Bischoff and Jeff
Jarrett; whoever pinned anyone would be the champion. He
pinned Bischoff. The match took place on Thunder.
- Jeff Jarrett [2]--May
7, 2000 in Kansas City, Missouri. The match was a triple
level cage match (from Ready to Rumble) against Jeff
Jarrett, Diamond Dallas Page, and the champion David
Arquette at Slamboree.
- Ric Flair [15]--May 15, 2000 in
Birmingham, Alabama. The match took place on Nitro.
- Jeff Jarrett [3]--May 22, 2000 in
Grand Rapids, Michigan. Ric Flair was stripped of his title and it was given
to Jarrett, but he had to wrestle Kevin Nash for it.
- Kevin Nash [4]--May 24, 2000 in
Saginaw, Michigan. Nash defeated Scott Steiner and Jeff Jarrett in a Three
Way Match at Thunder.
- Ric Flair [16]--May 29, 2000 in Salt
Lake City, Utah. Kevin Nash handed Flair the title on Nitro.
- Jeff Jarrett [4]--May 29, 2000 in
Salt Lake City, Utah. The match took place on Nitro.
- Hulk Hogan [7]--July 9, 2000 in
Daytona Beach, Florida. The match took place at Bash at the Beach.
Jarrett just laid on the mat and allowed Hogan to pin him. Vince Russo
came out later in the night and declared Jarrett still the champion and
Hogan won the "Hulk Hogan Memorial Title." Russo said that Jarrett
will face Booker T later on in the night in a title match.
- Booker T--July 9, 2000
in Daytona Beach, Florida. The match took place at Bash
at the Beach.
- Kevin Nash [5]--August
28, 2000 in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The match took
place on Nitro.
- Booker T [2]--September
17, 2000 in Buffalo, New York. The match was at
Fall Brawl.
- Vince Russo--September
25, 2000 in Uniondale, New York. The match was a
cage match with a questionable ending of who exited the
cage first (it was a photo finish--he declared himself
the winner).
- TITLE VACANT--September
27, 2000 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Russo
vacated the title and will give it to its rightful owner
on October 2, 2000.
- Booker T [3]--October
2, 2000 in San Francisco, California. Booker T
defeated Jeff Jarrett in a 49ers Match on Nitro.
- Scott Steiner--November
26, 2000 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The match took place at
Mayhem and was a Caged Heat/Straight Jacket Match.
- Booker T [4]--March
25, 2001 in Panama City Beach, Florida. The match took
place on the last Nitro on TNT.
- Kurt Angle--July
26, 2001 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The match took
place on WWF Smackdown!, with Angle a member of WWF.
- Booker T [5]--July
30, 2001 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The match was a
No Disqualification Match on WWF RAW.
- The Rock--August
19, 2001 in San Jose, California. The match took place at
Summer Slam. The Rock is in the WWF.
- Chris
Jericho--October 21, 2001 in St. Louis,
Missouri. The match took place at No Mercy.
- The
Rock [2]--November 5, 2001 in
Uniondale, New York. The match took place on RAW; The
Rock is a member of the WWF.
- The
title changed its name to the WWF World Championship on
November 19, 2001. You can view its lineage by
clicking here.
- Chris
Jericho--December 9, 2001 in San Diego,
California. He defeated the Rock at Vengeance in a mini
tournament to unify this and the WWF Heavyweight
Championship.